Scaphium Explained

Scaphium is a genus of about eight species of plants in the subfamily Sterculioideae of the family Malvaceae.^[1] The name comes from the Greek, skaphion (σκάφιον), meaning a small boat like a skiff, and refers to the shape of the fruit.^[2]

Species

• Scaphium affine (Mast.) Pierre
• Scaphium burkillfilii Kosterm.
• Scaphium linearicarpum (Mast.) Pierre
• Scaphium longiflorum Ridl.
• Scaphium longipetiolatum (Kosterm.) Kosterm.
• Scaphium macropodum (Miq.) Beumée ex K.Heyne
• Scaphium parviflorum P.Wilkie
• Scaphium scaphigerum (Wall. ex G. Don) G.Planch.

External links

• • POWO: Scaphium

Notes and References

1. Web site: Scaphium . ThePlantList . 2010.
2. A Revision of Scaphium (Sterculioideae, Malvaceae / Sterculiaceae), Peter Wilkie, Cambridge University Press, 2009